Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 - Hardcover

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Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 - Hardcover

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 - Hardcover

by Joanna Cannon , Caroline Campbell , Stephan Wolohojian
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An exploration of a crucial turning point in Italian art, the early 1300s in the city of Siena

"This is a book to be savored and treasured, much like the objects it celebrates."--Ann Landi, Wall Street Journal

In the early 1300s, the city of Siena gave rise to an extraordinary period of creativity and innovation. Painters, sculptors, and goldsmiths produced remarkable works whose impact was felt far beyond the city's walls. From vast altarpieces to portable objects for private devotion, the art emanating from Siena left an enduring legacy.

This book explores a crucial turning point in Italian art when the prestige of painting reached new heights. Siena became the centre of a rich exchange of ideas, as painters took inspiration from marble and ivory sculptures, intricate metalwork, and precious imported silks to enhance the power of their work. Travelling beyond their native city, Sienese artists made their mark across Italy and into northern Europe.

Beautifully illustrated and featuring important new scholarship, chapters explore masterpieces by four of Siena's most illustrious painters--Duccio, Simone Martini, and Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti--alongside objects in other media and from other countries and cultures, encouraging fresh perspectives and dialogues between these groundbreaking works.

Published by National Gallery Global Ltd/Distributed by Yale University Press
ISBN9781857097160
Author Joanna Cannon , Caroline Campbell , Stephan Wolohojian
PublisherNational Gallery London
GenreArts and History
FormatHardcover
PublishedOctober 2024
LanguageENG- English
Pages312
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 - Hardcover

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 - Hardcover

By Joanna Cannon, Caroline Campbell, and Stephan Wolohojian
About Joanna Cannon
Joanna Cannon specialises in the art and architecture of Italy in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. She is professor emerita at the Courtauld Insitute of Art, London.
About Caroline Campbell
Dr. Caroline Campbell is the director of the National Gallery of Ireland. She was previously the director of Collections and Research at the National Gallery in London, a curator at the Ashmolean Museum, curator of Paintings at the Courtauld Gallery and The Jacob Rothschild Head of the Curatorial Department at the National Gallery. Caroline was educated at University College, Oxford and the Courtauld Institute of Art and is a former fellow of the Center for Curatorial Leadership in New York. She is passionate about widening public engagement with art and has spoken to audiences around the world on numerous subjects from art history.
About Stephan Wolohojian
Joanna Cannon specialises in the art and architecture of Italy in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. She is professor emerita at the Courtauld Insitute of Art, London.

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